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Thursday, December 28, 2017

We can't wait to get to Mexico!

A totally overcast day yesterday. Never saw the sun, but it never rained either so at least we were able to get outside and get some exercise.

I noticed that Al and Kelly over at The Bayfield Bunch got hit with a freak snowstorm while making their way through Texas to Arizona. Abnormally cold winter so far in the entire state of Texas. That's the problem with wintering in the southern U.S.. You never know from one year to the next if it's going to be Texas, Arizona, or Florida that gets hit with the cold. Always seems to be one of them.

We can't wait to get to Mexico!

Anyhow, we bundled up and went out for a long walk to explore Lake Corpus Christi State Park.

That's Ruth in the blue jacket with her hood up!

It's a pretty park.

They have some rental shelters with a picnic table, twin beds, and an air conditioner.

It would be baking hot here in the summer.

The old park pavilion, built by the C.C.C. between 1933 and 1934.

Ruth!

There are some big homes on the other side of the lake.

Us!

I had to really move to get there in 10 seconds!

There's a really nicely done new bird viewing blind that they built.

Woody Woodpecker.

Roadrunner.

A group of 7 deer wandered into the park!

Hey, there's Sherman!

Sherman, in his spot.

Whenever we go for a walk, I set my Geo Tracker GPS app. It tells us exactly how far we went, as well as a bunch of interesting, useless information!

Our route!

We did 10.05 kms (6.25 miles) in two hours and six minutes.

We're heading down to the border today, to Falcon State Park. There's supposed to be a boondocking area right close to the park. If it's no good, we'll just stay in the park itself.

15 comments:

Driving to Denver from Denton yesterday, overcast and temps in the 20's. Hit the New Mexico border and the skies suddenly cleared. Temps close to 60 near Raton. Texas has been downright dreary the past two weeks. Cozumel Saturday, phew. Safe travels!

Yep, for the most part Texas has been pretty dreary this last little while. We did manage to hit a few nice days though. Mexico is definitely looking good, just over a week now so not too much longer to wait.

I envy you two, enjoy that nice sunny weather and have a drink for us!

It sure is, so we really can't complain. Where we are is way better than back home! Still if we had it our way we would already be in Mexico enjoying the warm weather and sunshine. Soon, very soon though.

It is a beautiful pavilion! There has been some fairly recent restoration work done to the building in some areas but overall it looks to be in it's original shape. It would be a lovely location for a wedding.

We have now been to a couple of parks here in Texas that have these bird blinds up. In front of the blind they had some water for the birds to drink or wash in and some bird seed for them. I am sure in the busier parts of the year it is probably a popular spot.

Hi Kevin, Ruth. Be happy to be there in Texas. Just watched the news: Today Ottawa was the coldest capital City in the World. Interesting fact: Ottawa right now is colder than Antarctica!!! ( I have to admit to be jealous. )

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